Climate averages 1991–2020
Kadirli weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Kadirli: daytime highs average 13.7°C and nights cool to about 4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 38 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kozan (26 km away). In December its highs average 13.3°C, about as warm as Kadirli, with 149 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Kadirli ranks 16th of 138 for the warmest December highs and joint 72nd of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Kadirli is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 11.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 90 mm to 91 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Kadirli climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.7°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 91 | 9.1 | 9.910 h |
| February | 13.2°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 81 | 9.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.7°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 90 | 10.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 77 | 9.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 63 | 7.8 | 14.214 h |
| June | 29.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 25 | 5.8 | 14.715 h |
| July | 33.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 18 | 5.7 | 14.514 h |
| August | 34.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 21 | 7.0 | 13.614 h |
| September | 31.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 32 | 4.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 26.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 47 | 5.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.3°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 59 | 5.6 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 13.7°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 90 | 8.7 | 9.610 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Kozan in DecemberTurkey · 26 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 149 mm rain
- Osmaniye in DecemberTurkey · 36 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 102 mm rain
- Ceyhan in DecemberTurkey · 46 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.8°C · 137 mm rain
- Kahramanmaraş in DecemberTurkey · 77 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Adana in DecemberTurkey · 81 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.9°C · 139 mm rain
- İskenderun in DecemberTurkey · 88 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 8.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in DecemberTurkey · 108 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 123 mm rain
- Kilis in DecemberTurkey · 116 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.0°C · 69 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kadirli) is explained once on the Kadirli year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.